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Uninstall the product from distributed operating systems using response files

We can uninstall this product using Installation Manager response files.

Optional: Perform or record the installation of Installation Manager and installation of the product to a temporary installation registry on one of the systems so that you can use this temporary registry to record the uninstallation without using the standard registry where Installation Manager is installed.

Use Installation Manager, you can work with response files to uninstall the product in a variety of ways. We can record a response file using the GUI as described in the following procedure, or you can generate a new response file by hand or by taking an example and modifying it.

Procedure

1. Stop all servers and applications on the WAS installations that contain the product.

2. Optional: Record a response file to uninstall the product: On one of the systems, perform the following actions to record a response file that will uninstall the product:

   1. From a command line, change to the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager.

   2. Start Installation Manager from the command line using the -record option.

      For example:

      • Administrator or non-administrator:

        IBMIM.exe -skipInstall "C:\temp\imRegistry"
          -record C:\temp\uninstall_response_file.xml
        

      • Administrator:

        ./IBMIM -skipInstall /var/temp/imRegistry
          -record /var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml
        

      • Non-administrator:

        ./IBMIM -skipInstall user_home/var/temp/imRegistry
          -record user_home/var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml
        

      Tip: If you choose to use the -skipInstall parameter with a temporary installation registry created as described in "Before you begin," Installation Manager uses the temporary installation registry while recording the response file. It is important to note that when the -skipInstall parameter is specified, no product packages are installed or uninstalled. All of the actions that you perform in Installation Manager simply update the installation data stored in the specified temporary registry. After the response file is generated, it can be used to uninstall the product, removing the product files and updating the standard installation registry.

      The -skipInstall operation should not be used on the actual agent data location used by Installation Manager. This is unsupported. Use a clean writable location, and re-use that location for future recording sessions.

      For more information, read the IBM Installation Manager v1.4 Information Center.

   3. Click Uninstall.

   4. In the Uninstall Packages window, perform the following actions.

      1. Select IBM WAS Network Deployment and the appropriate version.

         New feature: New feature: If you are uninstalling the trial version of this product, select IBM WAS Network Deployment Trial.New feature:

      2. Click Next.

   5. Review the summary information.

   6. Click Uninstall.

      • If the uninstallation is successful, the program displays a message that indicates success.

      • If the uninstallation is not successful, click View log to troubleshoot the problem.

   7. Click Finish.

   8. Click File > Exit to close Installation Manager.

3. Use the response file to uninstall the product: From a command line on each of the systems from which to uninstall the product, change to the eclipse/tools subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager and use the response file that you created to uninstall the product.

   For example:

   • Administrator or non-administrator:

     imcl.exe
       input C:\temp\uninstall_response_file.xml
       -log C:\temp\uninstall_log.xml
     

   • Administrator:

     ./imcl
       input /var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml
       -log /var/temp/uninstall_log.xml
     

   • Non-administrator:

     ./imcl
       input user_home/var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml
       -log user_home/var/temp/uninstall_log.xml
     

   Go to the IBM Installation Manager v1.4 Information Center for more information.

4. Optional: List all installed packages to verify the uninstallation.

   

   ./imcl listInstalledPackages
   

   

   imcl listInstalledPackages
   

5. Optional: Uninstall IBM Installation Manager.

   Before you can uninstall IBM Installation Manager, uninstall all of the packages that were installed by Installation Manager.

   Read the IBM Installation Manager v1.4 Information Center for information about using the uninstall script to perform this procedure.

Example

The following is an example of a response file for uninstalling the product.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<agent-input clean='true' temporary='true'>
<server>
<repository location="http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.ND.v80" />
</server>
<uninstall modify='false'>
<offering id='com.ibm.websphere.ND.v80'
  profile='IBM WAS Network Deployment V8.0'

</uninstall>
<profile id='IBM WAS Network Deployment V8.0'
  installLocation='C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer'>
<data key='eclipseLocation' value='C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer'/>
<data key='user.import.profile' value='false'/>
<data key='cic.selector.nl' value='cs,de,en,es,fr,hu,it,ja,ko,pl,pt_BR,ro,ru,zh,zh_HK,zh_TW'/>
</profile>
</agent-input> 

Tip: See Sample response file: Uninstalling IBM WAS Network Deployment for an annotated sample of a response file for performing this procedure.
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